Category: recommendation

Okay, so here’s the thing. I’m reading a book or two that I’m enjoying, but I don’t know if I can recommend. They’re marvelous works of writing, but not exactly Virtuous and Lovely, if you know what I mean. But I can tell you this: A new book is coming out this week, and it

Look at this cool thing I am a little part of. A bunch of us [1] (bloggers, writers, thinkers, people, Mormons) we put some words together. Some funny words. Some sad words. Some thoughtful words. Words that we use to describe ourselves. To explain ourselves. To share who we are. Telling, sharing, explaining who we

Good morning. I am still filling our February with all things random and unusual. So here is my SIL Cindie, who kindly consented to stop over and open her head and let something fall out. I love it when that happens. A whole lot. And you never know what it’s going to be. One moment,

I have a book recommendation for you. Yes, you. This is my new thing, as opposed to telling you every book I ever read or re-read. Because I have decided that you probably don’t care, and so there you go. But if you’re looking for something, try this. Once I escaped from an orphanage to

So maybe I was busy. Or maybe I was writing. A lot. But here’s what I managed to get through this month. And I liked it very much, thank you. * OBSESSION by Traci Abramson. A shivery, shuddery stalker novel written by the coolest lady/former CIA ninja you’ll ever know. A little outside the box

* CORDUROY MANSIONS by Alexander McCall Smith (Hey, Mr. Smith – want to be my new best friend?) * MY NAME IS ASHER LEV by Chaim Potok (Is it possible to be a Jewish Mormon? This book SO speaks to my soul.) * LEAVES OF GRASS by Walt Whitman (I didn’t read it all, but

And also Kate Winslet. It’s about Sense and Sensibility. For sure, the Emma Thompson/Kate Winslet/Hugh Grant version ranks among my top 5 favorite movies EVER. Ang Lee’s directorness is stunning (even though nobody goes Crouching Tiger in any scene – not that they shouldn’t, because wouldn’t we love to see that in the Willoughby Confrontation

Hey, look! A new calendar page! Which means that we have passed yet another month in which I did a few of the things I thought I would. I read a bit. I wrote a bit. I played a bit. I sauteed a great many onions, when I come to think about it. I ate